I think the problem goes at least as far back as Plato and the allegory of the cave. Plato spread this concept that there was a difference between the body and mind or soul, and Western culture has never really recovered from the stupidity of that idea.
There's really no evidence or justification for it. Your mind and your body are the same thing.
There's really no evidence or justification for it. Your mind and your body are the same thing.